Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:1-179
Parent taxon: Amphiuridae according to J. W. M. Jagt 2001
See also Jagt 2000
Sister taxa: Amphioplus, Amphiura, Amphiurinae, Bibophiura, Nullamphiura, Ophiactininae, Ophiocnida, Xanthamphiura
Subtaxa: Deckersamphiura inusitata Deckersamphiura vitea
Type: Deckersamphiura inusitata
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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